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Apex Legends Tourney Reverses Disqualification of Trans Player
22.5.2023
An all-women Apex Legends tournament with a $100,000 cash prize was steeped in controversy last week when it disqualified a team with a transgender player after previously confirming they could participate in the competition.Read more
Horror Game Legend Ikumi Nakamura On Designing New Dead By Daylight Looks
22.5.2023
Ikumi Nakamura, founder of game development studio Unseen and E3 conference fan-favorite, has designed three new skins for the popular asymmetrical survival horror game Dead by Daylight. The collaboration is part of a series of announcements developers made during the game’s Year 7 Anniversary...
Tears Of The Kingdom's Master Sword Quest Is Almost Better Than The Blade
22.5.2023
Much like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild before it, Tears of the Kingdom lets you wield Link’s iconic Master Sword. It’s not necessarily the most powerful thing you can swing at an enemy, but it does repair itself rather than breaking like most weapons in the game. While it’s a good tool...
Tears Of The Kingdom Raises Eyebrows Over Zelda And Link’s Dating Status
22.5.2023
Since The Legend of Zelda’s inception, Link and the Hylian princess have long been by each other’s side. That relationship has been considered platonic, with Link serving as Zelda’s knight in a green tunic. Tears of the Kingdom appears to change their relationship status by having Zelda move...
The Week In Games: Protecting The Precious And Time-Twisting Platformers
22.5.2023
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Final Fantasy XVI Sounds Fun, But Series Vets Might Have It Rough
22.5.2023
Final Fantasy XVI is due out on June 22, 2023 on PlayStation 5, following what could perhaps be best described as an identity crisis for the long-running RPG series. Promising a radically different tone for both storytelling and combat, FFXVI is ready to shake things up and, potentially, make...
Lego’s Newest Set Is A RadPac-Man Arcade Machine Made Up Of 2600+ Pieces
22.5.2023
The unending war between Pac-Man and ghosts continues, but this time in the form of a massive Lego set recreating a Pac-Man arcade cabinet, complete with moving parts, a light-up coin slot, buttons, and more.Read more
Twitch Streamer Amouranth Now Has An AI Bot You Can Chat With
22.5.2023
Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa is many things: a mega-popular Twitch streamer, a successful businesswoman, an OnlyFans creator, and now, an AI chatbot you can engage with through a two-way audio application when she’s not online.Read more
Only Three Pokémon Are Catchable In Every Game, But Not Pikachu
22.5.2023
One of the first questions a Pokémon fan asks when a new pair of games is announced is “Are my favorite ‘mons going to make the cut this time?” While most of the mainline RPGs have allowed players to trade their friends from one game to another, that’s become a much more contentious thing since...
Sources: Ubisoft Open-World Star Wars Game May Be Sooner Than You Think
22.5.2023
Star Wars takes place in a galaxy far, far away. But Ubisoft’s first video game adaptation of the beloved sci-fi franchise could be just around the corner. Kotaku has learned the French publisher’s open world game is currently targeting a projected release date in early 2024 as the company...
Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom’s Latest Infinite Item Glitch Is The Fastest And Easiest Yet
22.5.2023
Another day, another way to duplicate some of the rarest items in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. But wait, there’s even more good news. This latest infinite item exploit is even faster and easier than the others. Give me one minute of your time and I will give you all the diamonds...
GameStop Overhauling Rewards Program, Raising Price By $10
22.5.2023
GameStop’s customer loyalty program is getting a huge makeover in June, according to screenshots of internal corporate training materials shared with Kotaku. The existing PowerUp Rewards membership will see its name changed to GameStop Pro, with the price going up from $15 a year to $25 in exchange...
Our Favorite Cosplay From C2E2 2023
22.5.2023
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, better known as C2E2, was held a few weeks back and brought in nearly 100,000 attendees over its three days.Read more
GTA Publisher’s Boss Not Seeing Any ‘Pushback’ On $70 Games
20.5.2023
During Take-Two Interactive’s recent earnings call with investors, CEO Strauss Zelnick was asked about other publishers selling AAA games at a discounted price shortly after launch. His company has been one of the many to start charging $70 for games, and at least according to him, he hasn’t seen...
Redditors Are Competing To Make The Worst User Experience Possible
20.5.2023
As the recent Reddit commercials have made clear, there’s a community for everything. Nihilist horror, Game of Thrones’ Hodor, avocado food porn (because why not)...you can always find your people. Case in point, there’s a subreddit dedicated to atrocious user interfaces, which is now seeing...
Tears Of The Kingdom Made Shield Surfing Even Better
19.5.2023
As was the case in Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lets Link use his shield as an improvised surfing device. It’s both fun and useful for getting out of trouble if you know how to do it. But TotK adds a little twist to this fun mechanic by way of the game’s new Fuse...
Take Care Of This House Now That I’m Leaving, OK?
19.5.2023
Before I became a game reviewer, an investigative reporter, and an all-around troublemaker, I was an award-nominated game designer who put stories in video games. Alas, that didn’t pay very well or consistently. So, as I ran out of my parents’ healthcare, I moseyed over to this website thinking...
Nintendo Says Breath Of The Wild Is The Legend of Zelda’s Blueprint Moving Forward
19.5.2023
While Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are widely beloved, there are some Legend of Zelda fans who miss the more streamlined, non-open-world approach of games like Ocarina of Time. To those of you who fall into that category, I’m sorry to tell you it doesn’t sound like the series...
PSA: Death Stranding Is Free On PC Right Now
19.5.2023
Did you or a loved one miss out on Death Stranding when it launched in 2019? Are you looking to play through Kojima’s UPS delivery man simulator before the sequel comes out? Well, you’re in luck, the game is free for a limited time on the Epic Games Store.Read more
The 14 Weirdest And Strangest Star Wars Names
19.5.2023
The Star Wars universe is massive and getting bigger yearly as Disney and Lucasfilm continue creating new shows, movies, games, and more. And as with anything this big, some weirder bits can be found. For example, Star Wars has some very odd and funny names. Read more